Xolo launches 'world's fastest' Play Tegra Note tablet in India for Rs 17,999

New Delhi: Xolo has launched what it claims to be the world's fastest 7-inch Android tablet for Rs 17,999. The product is also up for pre-booking on the e-commerce site Flipkart.com.The tablet measures 199x119x9.6 mm, and weighs in at 320 grams.The USP of the tablet is that it is powered by Nvidia's Tegra 4 (4 x Cortex A15) processor clocked at 1.8GHz. The chip includes a fifth core for better battery efficiency and a massive 72-core GeForce GPU.Weighing 320g, the tablet has a 7-inch display with a resolution of 800x1280 pixels. It has a 5 megapixel rear camera and a 0.3 megapixel front camera. It has 1GB of RAM and an internal memory of 16GB.The tablet comes with a stylus - Nvidia DirectStylus, and also has a Micro HDMI slot. The tablet runs on stock Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and Nvidia will be pushing OTA Android updates rather than relying on its hardware vendor partners.It features front-facing stereo speakers with bass-reflex port. The Tegra Note tablet can offer up to 10 hours of HD video playback, as per Xolo.The device also has a camera app optimised for the Tegra 4 processor that uses Nvidia's Chimera computational photography architecture and Nvidia's PureAudio sound technology.The tablet would compete with Google and Asus' Nexus 7 (2013) which comes with Android 4.4 KitKat, the latest version of the OS, and with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 T211.Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Hotspot, WLAN, Bluetooth 4.0 and USB 2.0. The tablet's battery is rated at 15.17wH / 4100mAh, which according to the company can deliver up to 8.2 hours of web browsing over Wi-Fi and up to 10 hours of HD video playback.Xolo Play Tegra Note's key specifications:System-on-Chip: Nvidia Tegra 4 (sporting the quad-core Cortex A15 processors and a 72-core GPU)Display: 7-inch HD IPS LCD display with a 1280x800 pixel resolutionCamera: Rear camera - 5MP, Front camera - VGAStorage: 16GB on-board with microSD card slot. Expandable to 32GBAudio: Front-facing HD audio stereo speakersStylus: Chisel and brush tipsSoftware Updates: Over The Air (OTA) directly from NvidiaRated Battery life: 10 hours HD video playback